Title 6, Domestic SecurityRelease 119-110

§985 Information Sharing Relating to Supply Chain Security Cooperation

Title 6 › CHAPTER 3 — SECURITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR EVERY PORT › SUBCHAPTER II — SECURITY OF THE INTERNATIONAL SUPPLY CHAIN › Part C — Miscellaneous Provisions › § 985

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Requires the Department to work with private companies to share information about supply‑chain risks. It has two goals: keep ongoing cooperation with the private sector and make sure both sides regularly exchange timely risk updates. The Department must create a system to collect and share risk data and must consult the Commercial Operations Advisory Committee and likely users, such as importers, exporters, carriers, brokers, and freight forwarders. Federal, state, and local agencies can still get and use lawful or public supply‑chain information. The Department can issue advisories, alerts, or warnings to businesses, sectors, other governments, or the public, but it must protect sources of voluntarily provided information and keep proprietary or submitter‑specific details private.

Full Legal Text

Title 6, §985

Domestic Security, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Purposes

The purposes of this section are—

(1)to establish continuing liaison and to provide for supply chain security cooperation between Department and the private sector; and

(2)to provide for regular and timely interchange of information between the private sector and the Department concerning developments and security risks in the supply chain environment.

(b)System

The Secretary shall develop a system to collect from and share appropriate risk information related to the supply chain with the private sector entities determined appropriate by the Secretary.

(c)Consultation

In developing the system under subsection (b), the Secretary shall consult with the Commercial Operations Advisory Committee and a broad range of public and private sector entities likely to utilize the system, including importers, exporters, carriers, customs brokers, and freight forwarders, among other parties.

(d)Independently obtained information

Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or otherwise affect the ability of a Federal, State, or local government entity, under applicable law, to obtain supply chain security information, including any information lawfully and properly disclosed generally or broadly to the public and to use such information in any manner permitted by law.

(e)Authority to issue warnings

The Secretary may provide advisories, alerts, and warnings to relevant companies, targeted sectors, other governmental entities, or the general public regarding potential risks to the supply chain as appropriate. In issuing a warning, the Secretary shall take appropriate actions to protect from disclosure—

(1)the source of any voluntarily submitted supply chain security information that forms the basis for the warning; and

(2)information that is proprietary, business sensitive, relates specifically to the submitting person or entity, or is otherwise not appropriately in the public domain.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

6 U.S.C. § 985

Title 6, Domestic Security

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110